Sacramento Zoo officials announced one of their tigers killed another tiger during an encounter Wednesday afternoon.

Sacramento Zoo officials announced one of their tigers killed another tiger during an encounter Wednesday afternoon.

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Updated: 6:15 PM PST Feb 10, 2016

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WEBVTT KILLED ANOTHER TIGER IN AN EVENT THAT TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AT THE SACRAMENTO ZOO. ROB? ROB: KELLIE AND GULSTAN, ZOO OFFICIALS ARE ASKING FOR PRIVACY. THEY HAD A LOT INVESTED IN THIS PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE TREATING THIS LIKE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY WHILE THEY LOOK OR ANSWERS. HEARTBREAK AT THE SACRAMENTO ZOO. >> TODAY, WE ARE VERY SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR 15-YEAR-OLD SUMATRAN TIGER DIED THIS MORNING. ROB: KILLED THIS MORNING BY A 12-YEAR-OLD MALE TIGER WHO ARRIVED LAST NOVEMBER. WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING HAS ZOOKEEPERS SHOCKED. >> THE TIGERS HAD BEEN LIVING NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER SINCE LAST YEAR, AND BOTH HAD SHOWN ALL OF THE POSITIVE BEHAVIORS WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE FROM TIGERS AS WE PLAN TO PUT TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. ROB: THEY FELT TODAY WAS A PERFECT TIME FOR AN INTRODUCTION, BUT IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, WITH THE ANIMALS IN THE FIRST ENCLOSURE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE MALE CAT BECAME AGGRESSIVE. >> UNFORTUNATELY, AGGRESSION BETWEEN TIGERS IS A RARE OCCURRENCE, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN IN CONNECTIVITY -- IN CAPTIVITY. ROB: SHE WAS BRED BEFORE. THEY ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT TODAY'S TRAGIC EVENTS. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE THIS AND USE THAT INFORMATION TO HELP INFORM ANIMAL CARE HERE AT SACRAMENTO ZOO AND AT OTHER ZOOS IN THE FUTURE. >> THE LARGE ANIMALS CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE. IN 2002, 1 KEEP HER RARELY -- ONE KEEPER WAS ATTACKED.

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Sacramento Zoo officials announced one of their tigers killed another tiger during an encounter Wednesday afternoon.